War poetry Flashcards
Dulce et decorum ?
iambic pentameter= elegic tone, sombre+ slow tone- controlled emotions
4 quatrains+ 1 sestet= compartmentalising trauma
2 verse= female gaze using emotive language- romanticising, sunechdotal quality
misconceptions with sodden land
l sounds lulling him to sleep
nature grieving= paul nash
Christ in Flanders
many caesuras= respectful + reverential
collective pronouns- justification for neglect
allusions to crucifixions- image of christ unseen as a reassurance
2 successive RQ- make the reader of their own blindness
italicised= certainty in faith continues also reflected in structure of the line
reference to garden of Gethesemane- god takes sins of soldiers
Over the top
form- dramatic monologue= accent- create character for authenticity
metric line- trochaic tetrameter= drives story forward- appropriate for countdown
tension from the start- exclamatory phrase
image to describe fear- simile
sense that 10 mins can be short or long
goes from literal to figurative speech
rattled by the dogs of war= lullaby/ reference to Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
religious imagery- last line taken from a prayer
Socks
consonance- click sound of knitting needles
beat/ pace= quick knitting
well so was I = did not want to sacrifice her son= protective= meagre attempt
inexperienced coddled- maternal
caesura= intrusion to her thoughts
always thinking about men at the war- scars anthology unites men and women
The wind on the downs
2 sonnets- elegy
iambic pentameter= controlled stoicism
qualifiers+ verbs= active and alive= ironic- preserved memories present tense= denial- archetypal
celestial imagery+ analepsis= the idea of his death becoming closer to the reader= acceptance?
you and I= cathartic= universal quality
you should open the first wooden door= chivelry, lasting memory, gates of heaven
Drafts
iambic pentameter- conversational tone
combined with enjambments= stream of consciousness+ emphasis on distance between genders
polysyndeton- time of women vs men in war
use of blasphemy= shocking for a young woman
they’ve gone- caesura- disappointment
RQ + parallelism of similes in last line- emphasises belief in her ability and duty to fight like a man
For valour
iambic tetrameter broken up by ellipsis= intensity of a mothers grief
my blood my bones my heart- possessive pronouns+ plosives= sacrifice- son as extension of mother
qualifier of jest- colloquialism also frivolous joke
euphemisms of fell and went= grief stricken
last line as a release of emotion- exclamative+ italics- parody’s the start- nothing will change
War girls
anaphora- there’s the girl- upbeat tale + regular rhyme scheme with irregular meter- forward momentum
strong sensible and fit- tripartite- girls are masculine+ tackling these roles with vigour
no longer caged and penned up- animalistic connotations- restrictive nature of female roles
Screens
vignette
iambic tetrameter= puts stress on words that matter
synechdotes+ “crumpled heap”= metaphorically or physically?
unequivocal language- desensitised
polysyndeton= elongated+ draws it out- romanticises picture+ l sounds= calm life compared to war - contrast with last line adds bathos and emphasises mundane
Jove= colloquialism= feeling beyond words simplest expression is the hyperbole= litotes
What reward?
doesnt use meter+ irregular rhyme scheme- sing song effect- irregualr this topic is
tripartite structure- the most celebrated to the least- adjective as intensifier
caesura+ RQ= pointed Q to make the reader consider equal sacrifice
poor babbler= literal/ metaphorical- infantilising - how people treated cases
flotsam= nautical imagery- accidental side effect/ collateral damage/ serves no purpose
Pluck
iambic tetrameter- typical of ballads/ hymns- for his lost youth
vignette- direct unequivocal language- reader left no doubt
emphasises youth
to march a man with men= colloquialism, embedded to elivate skill, aspirate sound with alliteration= rueful+ wishful
broken with pain= literal/ metaphorical?
sibilance causing crying, echoing
parenthesis= stiff upper lip
Jingo women
stream of consciousness= free verse- could be used ironically
parenthesis- suppressed anger
not dressed in uniform- sarcastic in thinking they are serving their purpose
prosaic language= how irregular JW are
twice insulted men= metaphor= emphasis of ignorance
sarcasm to women for hypocrisy
the call
my laddie?= refrain creating an ear woe tone with my= reflection on fam and laddie= infantilisation+ colloquialism
tripartite structure- cowardice as an after thought
war as a proving ground for social climbing like “Whose for the game”
swing rhythm= gung ho+ drummers in parades
he went for a soldier
passive tone of there they go…
euphemisms= they shall kiss no more+ food for shells and guns
s.f. marriage = metaphorical giving away/ colloquialisms
personified love= inevitability of war and death
joining the colours
Billy= shortened version of William= infantilising = does not change= goes against colloquialism
swing rhythm= marching processions- becomes ironic later
dehumanisation of billy= from a boy, rat, thing, and part
litotes to war= knightly joke of it + what the fuss was all about
last prayer= god higher than government, RQ begging the reader to consider the futility of war
